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Richard Florida

@richard_florida

Visiting Distinguished Professor @VanderbiltU @vanderbiltowen University Professor @UofT, @rotmanschool, @UofTCities, Visiting Senior Fellow @kresgefnd

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Greater Raleigh Chamber (@raleighchamber) 's Twitter Profile Photo

“I was wrong” - Richard Florida highlights the up and coming trend of ‘activity districts’ and the benefits that focus on amenities and activities can bring to a community! #GDS2025

Arnaud Bertrand (@rnaudbertrand) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Top Silicon Valley figures are starting to understand, as I argued in my latest article, that "energy is truly the master key to technological supremacy" and that China's unprecedented clean energy push (adding the equivalent of 3 nuclear plants A DAY) will give them an

𝗰𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗺 (@chrisbriem) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This morning the common theme was: we must do all this or else the Chinese will 'beat' us. The absolute immense irony is that the most concrete potential new industrial investment in Pittsburgh is from a very Chinese firm: x.com/chrisbriem/sta…

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Officials in Manhattan and Chicago touted sharp drops in homicides in the first six months of 2025, compared to the same period last year bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

David Wallace-Wells (@dwallacewells) 's Twitter Profile Photo

“China isn’t just sort of an analytical problem, it is the political problem…. The development of China is the master key, I think, to understanding modernity…. And without it, you just don’t have a hope of grasping what’s going on.” podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sin…

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““He’s incredibly dynamic, but it’s not just that he’s dynamic,” said Julie Samuels, president and CEO of Tech:NYC, which cohosted Wednesday’s gathering. “People are so curious. They want to know what all the fuss is about.” politico.com/news/2025/07/1…

Laurie Garrett (@laurie_garrett) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The Trump immigration system has morphed into a massive dentention industry, reaping huge profits for a handful of companies. Brilliant Financial Times interactive journalism. ig.ft.com/us-immigration…

Nathaniel Meyersohn (@nmeyersohn) 's Twitter Profile Photo

“Day laborers love Home Depot. And Home Depot’s bottom line loves day laborers.” Deep dive into the fraught, decades-long connection between Home Depot and immigrant day laborers. cnn.com/2025/07/18/bus…

Mark Muro (@markmuro1) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The great truth-teller of regional divergence--Andrés Rodríguez-Pose--correctly sees an important part of our new #AI geography report. Happily there is significant dispersion underway as well as hyper-concentration. sam manning Richard Florida Gbenga Ajilore EJ Dionne

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"But anyone who cares about decency and consistency in our politics should simultaneously be clear that many of the loudest attacks on Mamdani are irredeemably vicious and terribly hypocritical." open.substack.com/pub/joshgreenm…

Ozzy Osbourne (@ozzyosbourne) 's Twitter Profile Photo

It is with more sadness than mere words can convey that we have to report that our beloved Ozzy Osbourne has passed away this morning. He was with his family and surrounded by love. We ask everyone to respect our family privacy at this time.   Sharon, Jack, Kelly, Aimee and

It is with more sadness than mere words can convey that we have to report that our beloved Ozzy Osbourne has passed away this morning. He was with his family and surrounded by love.

We ask everyone to respect our family privacy at this time.
 
Sharon, Jack, Kelly, Aimee and
Richard Florida (@richard_florida) 's Twitter Profile Photo

RIP. I saw him perform with Black Sabbath in February 1971 at Union Catholic High School, Scotch Plains, NJ. Their set was Paranoid, N.I.B., War Pig, Into the Void, Black Sabbath, Iron Man, Wicked World, Fairies Wear Boot. We adored them & played all of these in our band, I was

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Anthropic co-founder Ben Mann on why he chose Montessori for his daughter: "If this were 10-20 years ago, I'd be lining her up for top-tier schools and extracurriculars. But now I don't think any of it's going to matter. Learning facts is going to fade into the background. What

Jarrett Walker (@humantransit) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The headline "Can San Francisco Be Saved?" (as though it could be lost) captures how even a publication as rational as The Atlantic feels obliged to cater to "urban doom loop" vibes. Big cities are immense engines of prosperity that are well equipped to recover from shocks. 1/